An introduction to the Quarry Gardens project in the Visitor Center, followed by a walk along the main trail. This walk will be a search for early spring ephemerals—those plants that take advantage of longer days and sunlight streaming though leafless tree canopies to do their seductive and reproductive thing. We'll go unless there is […]
Field trip for group representing Wild Zone, NGO, Turku, Finland—also attending Native Seeds conference in Alexandria VA.
Volunteers work from 9 to 1 with guidance from staff of Center for Urban Habitats-Piedmont Discovery Center. For details contact Bernice: bernice.thieblot@gmail.com
Armand Thieblot, co-owner of the Quarry Gardens, will lead this tour. In the Visitor Center, he will introduce the QGs project and the history of soapstone mining. Then, he will lead a walk along the main trail around the quarries where may found a plethora of spring flowers, including Virginia bluebells, Marsh marigolds, Dwarf larkspurs, […]
Volunteers work to maintain plant communities and habitats from 9 to 1 with guidance from staff of Center for Urban Habitats-Piedmont Discovery Center. For details contact Bernice: bernice.thieblot@gmail.com
Armand Thieblot, co-owner of the Quarry Gardens, will lead this tour. In the Visitor Center, he will introduce the QGs project and the history of soapstone mining. Then, he will lead a walk along the main trail around the quarries where may found a plethora of spring flowers, including Virginia bluebells, Marsh marigolds, Dwarf larkspurs, […]
Monthly meeting.
Volunteers work to maintain plant communities and habitats from 9 to 1 with guidance from staff of Center for Urban Habitats-Piedmont Discovery Center. For details contact Bernice: bernice.thieblot@gmail.com
Noted nature and wildflowers explorer and writer Cynthia Wood will lead this walk along the Quarry Gardens' main trail. Look for wood anemone, bluets, wild geranium, pussytoes, green and gold, golden groundsel, moss phlox, eastern shooting star, and many, many more. We'll go unless rain is heavy. In light rain or mist, the flowers glow […]
Quarry Gardens co-owner Bernice Thieblot, will lead this walk among spring wildflowers. We will begin with a brief introduction to the QGs project and the history of Schuyler soapstone mining in the Visitor Center, then follow the trail around the quarries. Along the way, we may find Shooting stars, Rue anemone, Pussytoes, Wild columbine, Green […]
Private foray
An environmental educator, Chris grew up in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains (the Salamander Capital of the World). Join him on a hunt through the wetlands and vernal pools that surround the Quarry Gardens. Among those to keep an eye out for: Dusky salamander, Seal salamander, Two-lined salamander, Three-lined salamander, Eastern newt, Red-backed […]
Volunteers work from 9 to 1 with guidance from staff of Center for Urban Habitats-Piedmont Discovery Center. For details contact Bernice: bernice.thieblot@gmail.com
Armand Thieblot, co-founder of the Quarry Gardens, will lead this walk. We will begin with an introduction to the QGs project and the history of Schuyler soapstone mining in the Visitor Center, then follow the trail around the quarries. This week, we are sure to find Shooting stars and Dwarf crested iris. Along the way, […]